Task 1 – “The produsage lecture”
This week’s lecture was the most interesting of them all. Mainly because it related to a topic that I have been thinking about for my essay (which I will not reveal just yet, so stay tuned). The lecturer introduced us to the term “produsage”.
I actually went home and read Axel Bruns’s journal articles about produsage and citizen journalism right after the lecture! (Now that is something!)
I find it very interesting how consumers have moved from being passive receivers of mass media to active participants in production and distribution of user-led content and how the collaborative engagement leads to further development and improvement of existing material (Bruns).
Produsage is part of the paradigm shift which is supported also by the rise of new media technologies. This paradigm shift also involves a change in knowledge management. Bruns emphasizes the importance of produsage when educating students. We are moving away from a hierarchical, institution-led and non-collaborative environment towards a new model of learning and teaching that focus on collaborative engagement between learners and teachers. The use of blogs, wikis and other collaborative content authoring tools provides learners with an opportunity to share knowledge and work in groups and on long-term projects.
I have actually had experiences with the use of wikis in a course at UNSW in Sydney. This course, Innovation and Entrepreneurship used wikis instead of Blackboard. In the beginning, I thought it was annoying and difficult, but this two-way learning and teaching relationship made it possible to share knowledge in a way I have never seen before. Basically, I think this is a good idea but I am still a bit suspicious when it comes to wikis. I guess it takes some getting used to.
Task 2 - The process of my movie
As I described last week, the Windows Movie Maker didn’t really work for me, so I changed Picasa 3 instead. So far I have put together the pictures in my slide show and added some text in order to create some meaning, so it is not just a collection of random pictures.
I still have to figure out how I can save it as a file that allows me to play it as a movie, and not just open the file in the program.
I still have a long way to go, I need to add some sound and different visual effects. I have one particular song that I would like to use in the movie, but I am worried about the copy right issue. I will have to look into that and see if the creative commons can provide me with some music or effects that can be useful in my movie.
Bonus info to my loyal follower(s)
In the lecture we were introduced to the short-film “Mankind is no Island”. The short film was the winner of Tropfest NY in 2008 and shot entirely on a cell phone, using signage on the street of NY and Sydney to tell a story about the two cities. Having lived in Sydney the first six month of 2011, I actually recognized a lot of the places and some of the homeless people in the movie as well.
I came to think about a story about this homeless guy in Sydney making a lot of money from begging, so I had to do some research. I found the article. This homeless guy can make$50.00 a year begging and $400 on a good day! According to the article (The Sunday Telegraph 2009), the Newstart unemployment payment is about $32 per day. It makes you think, how much money do you make??
Reference:
The Sunday Telegraph (August 23, 2009) ‘Sydney homeless man makes $50.000 a year begging’ Retrieved from: http://www.news.com.au/national/sydney-homeless-man-makes-50000-a-year-begging/story-e6frfkvr-1225765153392
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